October 18, 2007

The Arab Film Festival opens at the Clay and continues in several venues (including the Roxie) in the bay area through the 28th and then in LA October 31st to November 4th.

The United Nations Association Film Festival is at the Roxie in San Francisco tonight, then East Palo Alto on the 19th, and San Jose on the 21st. I'll write more about some of the films which will be playing at Stanford from the 24th to the 28th.

October 16, 2007

Frontline begins the fall season tonight with Cheney's Law. It expands on last year's The Dark Side (which is online), with a focus on Cheney's push to expand executive power and many would consider the disastrous consequences. It will be online Wednesday. Also see the Washington Post's series on Cheney.

The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio screens at the Clay Theater at 7:30 followed by a performance by the group and Q&A with filmmaker Agostino Ferrente. The documentary tells story of an effort to save a historic theater by creating an orchestra made up of musicians from all over the world. The tour is being presented by Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment.

Yep - she was sacked but we went to Nepal and negotiated her reinstatement. We were all devastated by the news of her dethroning and we and her family took her to India while the situation was sorted out. Many people from her hometown refused to accept her being dethroned...

If you missed the film, it will start opening around the country by Thanksgiving. More photos (including of JoanBaez, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, and Larry Harvey). There are also many more great documentaries at DocFest through October 10th.

Also tonight at 8 pm, there will be a showing of The Tribe at the San Francisco Apple store followed by a panel discussion of the internet and film distribution with Tiffany
Shlain and Ken Goldberg. The filmis now availalbe on iTunes for $1.99 and also on DVD with a discussion kit.